Some Broadway wags might have scoffed at the idea of a cornpone musical comedy and its punny promotions. But with its exuberance, heart and non-stop yucks, "Shucked" is the surprise delight …
Susan Cain's "Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole" has been optioned for the stage by Bated Breath Theatre Company. The author will help adapt her bestselling book, which weave…
Sarah Mantell has been awarded the 2023 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for their play "In the Amazon Warehouse Parking Lot." The prestigious honor has been awarded annually since 1978, and is t…
Michael P. O'Leary, an executive who has straddled the worlds of government, lobbying and media, has been named as president and CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners. He will ta…
Casey Likes has been cast as Marty McFly in "Back to the Future: The Musical," which is coming to Broadway this spring. He joins the previously announced Tony Award winner Roger Bart, who wi…
The Alliance of Teatros Latinos NY has announced that TeatroFest NYC 2023, a citywide festival of live drama, dance, music and conversations with Latin artists, will take place this spring. …
Leslie Odom Jr. will return to Broadway for the first time since dazzling theater fans with his electrifying turn as Aaron Burr in "Hamilton." The Tony Award winner will appear in a new Broa…
Maude Apatow will make her New York stage debut as Audrey in the Off-Broadway revival of "Little Shop of Horrors." She will appear in the musical from Feb. 7 through April 2, 2023. Apatow jo…
"Almost Famous," the film-to-stage adaptation of Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical look at his early years in rock journalism, will finish its Broadway run on Jan. 8, 2023. It's the late…
The 76th Tony Awards will shake things up by moving the celebration of all things Broadway uptown to Washington Heights. For the first time in its history, theater's biggest night will unfol…
Samuel L. Jackson had his marching orders. So when actor John David Washington approached him for tips about playing Boy Willie, a role Jackson originated in the 1987 production of August Wi…
John Fithian, the top lobbyist for the exhibition industry, will retire as the CEO of the National Association of Theatre Owners on May 1, 2023. The group said it has already begun a search …
It turns out Hugh Jackman is irreplaceable. "The Music Man" will end its run on Jan. 1, 2023 as the Tony-winning star of stage and screen finishes his lengthy commitment to the hot-selling B…
"Take Me Out," the Tony Award winning best revival of a play, will make a rare return engagement on Broadway after taking its final curtain call in June. The comedic drama about a star baseb…
Like the sharp-witted, no-filter Mary Flynn, the role she created in Broadway's "Merrily We Roll Along," Ann Morrison doesn't shy away from uncomfortable truths. "Good truth is uncomfortable…
"Into the Woods," the acclaimed New York City Center Encores! production of James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim's classic musical, will extend performances through Oct. 16 with a largely new e…
Heidi Blickenstaff will star in the North American tour of the Tony and Grammy award-winning musical "Jagged Little Pill," reprising her role as Mary Jane Healy when the show premieres this …
"Mr. Saturday Night" will wrap up its Broadway run on Sept. 4. Producers behind the show announced the news on Sunday. The show will have played 28 previews and 116 performances when it conc…
"Paradise Square," a Tony Award-winning musical set in Civil War-era New York City, will close on July 17, citing soft ticket sales. The show's producers say that the closing will take place…
Fairy tales have always been a strange and unlikely source of comfort. Children are orphaned, cruelty is king, and happy endings lead to perpetual disappointment with real life. Stephen Sond…
Beanie Feldstein will leave the Broadway revival of "Funny Girl" on July 31, roughly two months before she was slated to depart the production. In a statement on Instagram, Feldstein attribu…
"Plaza Suite," the hot-ticket Neil Simon revival that stars Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, has been a box office juggernaut since debuting last spring. The show has become the t…
"Topdog/Underdog" will return to Broadway this fall with Corey Hawkins and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II appearing in the two lead roles. The revival is timed to the 20th anniversary of Suzan-Lori P…
"A Strange Loop," "Paradise Square," "The Lehman Trilogy" and "MJ" are among the major productions competing at the 75th Tony Awards on Sunday. The telecast, which is being hosted by "West S…
Elmo, Cookie Monster, Grover and more are New York City bound. Rockefeller Productions and Sesame Workshop are teaming for "Sesame Street: The Musical," a new Off-Broadway stage production a…